Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Spellhacker by M.K. England

7 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Blood, Ableism, Gaslighting, and Cursing

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The world building was really cool and had a lot of potential, but the MC was an obstacle. She refuses to share her thoughts or feelings with people and this leads to her pushing people away, then she's surprised when people leave.  I understand why her attitude was the way it was, but it was a lot to get through as a reader, and it was frustrating to listen to her internal monologue. I found that the MC was more palatable during action scenes. I would have preferred any other character's POV. That being said, I really enjoyed the world build, lore, and other characters. I've never come across a magic system quite like the one in this book and it was a refreshing idea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Chronic illness

Minor: Medical content, Blood, and Cursing

bluejayreads's review against another edition

4.0

On the surface, an entertaining heist fantasy where a group of teenage magic thieves stumble on a conspiracy that they have to stop before it destroys the world. But it's also a viciously emotional story about loss, fear, friendship, and love. I can see how some people might find the emotions over-the-top and Diz's reactions ridiculous, but I found them spot-on to my experience with Borderline Personality Disorder. Even though I could see where Diz was making things harder for herself, I could relate. A solid read all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, and Excrement

Pandemic, natural disaster

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Bullying

miserablemoons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

melaniereadsbooks's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I am apparently reading England's books in reverse order of when they were published so I guess I'm onto the Disasters next haha!

This book was so fun, but dealt with some really heavy topics! I didn't particularly love Dizzy, the MC, but I do think she grew a lot over the course of the book. I really loved Remi and the rest of Dizzy's found family/heist crew! I can't help but think I would have enjoyed this more if told from Remi's pov instead of Dizzy's.

The world building is really interesting and I love the blend of sci-fi and fantasy! This is kind of a bit of cyberpunk, too, which is really fun! I enjoyed the plot a lot and loved the parts about magic and tech!  Great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Blood

maisierosereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence